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Late yesterday Obama Supreme Court justice appointee Sonia
Sotomayor granted a temporary exemption to a small group of nuns,
so they would not have to provide contraceptives.
There's little further info on the story. The government has
until Friday to respond. Why would nuns need contraceptives
anyway? If they have employees who do, why should they have the
right to stop them.
What got me wondering is whether Sotomayor betrayed the
supposedly liberal appointment she is so supposed to be and went
with the Catholic side of her history. Do we have to worry that she
could be for President Obama, and the people who supported her,
what Justice David Souter was for George H.W. Bush-- someone who
ended up not acting like expected?
I just don't get why nuns need to worry about providing
contraceptives, except if they are trying to interfere with the
lives of women. And why would one of the few female justices
grant an exemption that looks more like an effort to erode access
to contraceptives. There are a collection of people like
David Green, the head of Hobby Lobby, who is fighting the
contraceptive provision in Obamacare, saying people, "should not
have to choose between violating their beliefs and violating the
law." What a load of nonsense. People should not have the right to
prevent others from having access to contraception. It's that
simple.
Maybe I'm over-reacting. But this has me worried.
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